Top 10 Most Expensive Cities for Ex-pats in 2024: We live in a global village today, with everything becoming increasingly interconnected, so many people choose to go abroad for career, education, or personal reasons.
For expats, relocating your life and moving to a completely different city is not always an easy option.
Relocating to a new city can be quite overwhelming, as there are many factors that need to be taken into account, cost of living being undoubtedly among the most important.
“Cost-of-living challenges are having a significant impact on multinational organizations and their employees,” said Yvonne Traber, Mercer’s global mobility leader.
While of course European cities dominate the most expensive places to liveAsian and African cities are the least expensive cities for ex-pats to visit abroad.
Top 10 most expensive cities for ex-pats worldwide in 2024
So, which is the least expensive city in the world for expats?
Here are the world’s least expensive cities in 2024, evaluating 226 locations and costs for housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods, entertainment and other expenses.
Abuja is the world’s least expensive city for ex-pats by 2024 due to the significant devaluation of Nigeria’s national currency, the naira.
Mercer’s latest research, ‘Cost of Living City Rankings 2024,’ lists the least expensive cities for ex-pats in 2024 below.
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